Sweden in north Europe and Luxembourg in west Europe are two new countries that have managed to get one of their regions designated as a Unesco Global Geopark. Since 2004, Unesco has annually evaluated a number of regions around the … Read the story...
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Here are the destinations in Europe registered as Unesco World Heritage Sites in 2021
If you think you have seen it all because finding new exciting travel destinations in Europe feels challenging, Unesco comes to the rescue. The long list of World Heritage sites (1154) was appended with 34 new destinations in … Read the story...
7 out of 8 Unesco Geoparks designated in 2021 are in Europe
Unesco has designated eight new geoparks in 2021 in an unconventional manner. The pandemic has restricted international travel, making research trips to proposed new sites difficult or impossible. Unesco decided to select the … Read the story...
The best destinations for landscape photography in Lapland, in the northernmost region of Europe
Lapland is a vast wilderness region in the northern Europe. It is a land of Sami people and reindeer, fells, fjords, rivers, marshlands, and many types of wildlife. In other words, a fabulous destination for outdoor lovers, road travelers who … Read the story...
Tips for landscape photography on a smartphone
Camera technology on modern smartphones is, in fact, amazingly good. Wisely, smartphone manufacturers are not anymore competing for the number of megapixels the camera can capture, but they are competing for the quality of images. Selfies maybe the most common … Read the story...
How a Professional Photographer Frames Landscapes with a Smartphone
Millions of people around the world take billions of photos on their smartphones every day. Professional photographers are proud to use their digital SLR cameras, but tend to look down on smartphone cameras. Julian Calverley is an exception. He shoots … Read the story...
How to Create Eye-Catching Landscape Photos
Travel writers and photographers tend to take plenty of photos as the move around a destination they are covering. Most images never get published, because they don’t have that extra something, but they are still important since they document the … Read the story...